By Chef Michelle Austin The last thing a kid wants is a boring school lunch — especially one made for the “only one in the class” who’s allergic to all things milk, egg, peanut, tree nut or seafood!

By Dana Wallace, MD Q. How can I tell when to use auto-injectable epinephrine? I don’t want to use it or go to the hospital if it’s not necessary. A. There is no way to predict how severe an anaphylaxis episode might become, so the time to begin treatment is when symptoms first develop.

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 6, 2012—Planning to celebrate the most romantic day of the year with your food-allergic sweetheart? Or is it the pollen, pet or mold allergies that have you worried about asthma symptoms flaring? Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) offers these Cupid-studded tips.

There are numerous school food allergy and anaphylaxis interventions, but are they proven to reduce risk and save lives? Tell us what your school is doing to protect food-allergic students. Results will be compiled and published in Allergy & Asthma Today magazine.

Three cheers! Wisconsin is now the 48th state to protect students’ right to carry and use their lifesaving anaphylaxis medications at school. On November 23, Gov. Scott Walker signed a law that allows a student while in school, at a school event, or

Asthma and allergies must remain part of the national healthcare conversation. The newly formed 2011 Congressional Allergy & Asthma Caucus is committed to making sure these patients’ needs stay on legislators’ minds when important decisions are made.